Panguitch Clinoptilolite Occurrence

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Zeolites
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088967
MRDS ID RE00112
Record type Site
Current site name Panguitch Clinoptilolite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.46439, 37.94192 (WGS84)
Elevation 2070
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3.3 MI S 60 W OF ROUTE 89-ROUTE 20 INTERSECTION AT BEAR VALLEY JUNCTION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Panguitch NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 005W 18 SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SITE IS NORTHWEST QUARRY IN SECTION 18, THE LOCATION FOR SITE INVESTIGATION SAMPLES PNW-5 AND PNW-6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Zeolitization (Clinoptilolite)

Analytical data

Result SITE INVESTIGATION SAMPLES PNW-5 AND PNW-6: QUALITATIVE X-RAY DIFFRACTION: MAJOR CLINOPTILOLITE, FELDSPAR
Result SEMI-QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES OF PERCENT CLINOPTILOLITE: 48, 47, RESPECTIVELY
Result NH4+ CEC: .20, .21 MEQ/GM, RESPECTIVELY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Bear Valley Formation;
    Rock description Bear Valley Formation;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.46439, 37.94192

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZEOLITIC ALTERATION OCCURS AS CEMENTATION IN LARGE SCALE CROSS-BEDDED TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONES AND OTHER ROCKS OF THE BEAR VALLEY FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer J.J. Anderson

Mining district

District name Bear Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLINOPTILOLITE OCCURS AS LIGHT TO MODERATE CEMENT IN TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE. AIR-FALL TUFF LAYERS ARE APPARENTLY SCARCE AND THIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Mayes, Bea Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.